New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-11
NINETY MILES OF FoUR.TRACK ROAD.
COSTLY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE pENNsYLVANI


RAILROAD.
TRENTON. Doc 1O-The Pennsylvania Railroad COM
many Is rapidly pushing forward the improvements on
the division which from Jersey City to Philadeipha
The work OF laying the two additional tracks s raPuy
approaching completion and early IN 1883 the company
will ninety miles Of rour-track railroad between the
two oties these tracks will be used exclusively
for trains and the for freight coal
and construction trains The new track Is baastsd III
broken rock to depth OF two feet The rails are OF the
finest grade OF Besscmer steel and they weigh ninety
pounds to the yard.
The line roadbsd been radically changed at
the Point OF Rocks at Bergen Heights In Jersey
CITY Here winding thirty degree curve. which locked
like an has been replaced by nee line which is 100
wards shorter In making this improvement enough
stone was cut from the hill to build at least twenty
buildings the of the NewYsrk Post-ofcs This was
costly Improvement butts value TO the company fully
compsnsates it for the expenditure. For sew
eral NOR this a hundred men were employed in making
short ill at this end of the Carload after carload
OF earth and dumped upon the meadow every
day. only lie swallowed before the next nsrnns as
completely II IL had been thrown into mid ocean
The engineers estimate that a cnbe Of earth and
bottom was rssched There was scarcely within
a distance OF 200 yards which was not racKsd ana
twisted all OF shape by the Of the new NIL
ing Tho company purchased the damaged property at
fair valuation. The trains are now running daily over
The new tract of the New-Jerssy Connecting Railway
Company jons the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at the
Pon OF Rscks and now the trains of the West shsre and
Buffalo Rairsad run int the Pennsylvania depot at
Jersey CITY, over the new track . ,,,
Tho next costly improv enont occurs between MEMO
PARK and Mstuchen. Here q sharp reverse curve as
becn abandsnded for n straight line OF track when
crosses OF the old roadsed tr
times At emo point the tracks are quarter OF
mile from TIE cid linz steam shovel was en-
ploysd for six months in digging Out =
long cut This cut which is trtyve feet deep, has
lust been completed has also been taken out OF
the line distance west OF the depot at Elizabeth
and a bridge erected ever the river Nearly
every bridge on the entire division has been replaced oy
new and massive structures These bridges all rest
on abuner is OF heavy rock masonry substantial stone
viaducs take the place OF all small bridges Al several
places crossings grades have Been abolished Dy the
cutting OF wide driyeways through under the tracss
This was an expensive improvement AT all Jhncush
points the interocking system OF switches mas peeh
adopted. ,-,,..
Fer ever year the company has been eHperinentlnG
with heating systems designed TO superseds the Ola csa
stoves These tests conducted upon q THh
of csachcs specially arranged for the purpose Nearly
every man who not uor. ne en- car coupler OF 40
already invented one. seems TO nave turhol hnso
into special committee en- car heating me COMPANY
was flooded with plans and Suggestions OF All Nhds
Dozens alleged systems rejected without 'eStse
az they were not practical Nearly 200 systems were
thorougy tested before the which Is TO ne used ON
the road finally adopted ..
In one section OF readbed the company pas JUST
nut down some gsh steel ties to see u they VIII staa
The wear and tear and heavy trains as well as the
cid Of chestnut or saS grown In American